So, is it gonna be iPadOS 1 or iPadOS 13?

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Apple seems to be a bit inconsistent with regard to software version numbering schemes; the next version of tvOS is 13, as it’s based on iOS 13, while the next version of watchOS is 6, despite being based on the same version of iOS...


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[Raz0rEdge]

watchOS is not based on iOS and the Apple Watch hasn't been around as long as the iPhone. The iPadOS will be version 1 since it's targeting the iPad ONLY.

 

[dtravis7]

watchOS is not based on iOS and the Apple Watch hasn't been around as long as the iPhone. The iPadOS will be version 1 since it's targeting the iPad ONLY.

Thanks for that. I was also wondering what version number they would use. I am looking forward to it for my iPad Pro.

 

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watchOS is not based on iOS and the Apple Watch hasn't been around as long as the iPhone. The iPadOS will be version 1 since it's targeting the iPad ONLY.

Well, watchOS 1 was based on a cut-down version of iOS 8.2; it’s related in the same sense as the iPhone was originally marketed as running “OS X”, as iPhoneOS started as a cut-down, recompiled version of OS X.

tvOS uses the same version numbers as iOS, despite being far more dissimilar from “core” iOS than iPadOS is going to be; and needless to say, there haven’t been 12 versions of tvOS.


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[Raz0rEdge]

Technically, the versions are completely irrelevant by themselves and a bigger number just indicates it's newer than the previous one. So their value is just in their relativity to other numbers.

Case in point, iPhone 7 -> 8 -> X (ten).

I know 8 is newer than 7 and X is newer than both, but I could care less what happened to 9.

 

[ferrarr]

I believe, since iPadOS is based on iOS, it will be numbered accordingly.

What do we call Mojave, macOS 14 right?

 

[IWT]

but I could care less what happened to 9

7 ate 9. Hence ten (X);D

Ian

 

[dtravis7]

7 ate 9. Hence ten (X);D

Ian

Hahahaha! Grin Funny Ian!

I have an iphone 7 and and love it. It does get quite hungry though so t did eat the 9!

On a more serious note, I am also a member of MicroJunks Insider program and been testing versions of Windows 10 for years now. I once asked someone from MS why they skipped over 9 and went from Windoes 8 to WindDOEZ 10 and was told it's because of Windows 98 and 98SE. They thought that would cause confusion.

 

[pm-r]

On a more serious note, I am also a member of MicroJunks Insider program and been testing versions of Windows 10 for years now. I once asked someone from MS why they skipped over 9 and went from Windoes 8 to WindDOEZ 10 and was told it's because of Windows 98 and 98SE. They thought that would cause confusion.

Gee, and all this time I thought it was because their Windows OS just had problems counting correctly.


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